Despite our twenty-one year age difference, it's not often that the respective mind sets of my wife and I collide. It happened this morning during our drive to work. We were listening to SIRIUS radio and the DJ shouted out a happy birthday to the emoticon. In case you didn't know, the first documented use of the emoticon occured 25 years ago today, on September 19, 1982.
Court wondered aloud what the big deal was. As we talked it dawned on us both that Court wasn't around for life BEFORE emoticons. She was born in 1981 (the year I came of legal drinking age). Her whole life she's communicated via computer, and emoticons have always been a part of her lexicon.
And while we are on the subject: My oh my how emoticons have evolved from their crude humble beginnings! For example...
4 comments:
Ah, yes. Bayou was born in 1981 also, so her perspective on these matters is also different from mine. Computers were introduced in 4th grade for me, but in a very limited capacity. And I HATED THEM.
How ironic that I now work at a big .com. ;)
And this is why I have a 3 year, + or -, age gap limit rule for dating. Of course, now that I'm a little older I could probably bump my range up to 5 years either way. Not that I will ever need to be dating again, knock on wood.
Thanks for drving the point home.
We have those things come up from time to time, too, usually about historical events from the 60's and 70's, which I either wasn't around for, or don't remember.
Funny, Court was born the same year as Jen, but to me there's a world of difference in how I perceive their ages.
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